Definition

1. Verb:
   • To press for debt repayment / to dun: The act of urgently demanding that a borrower repay a debt, often with insistence or pressure.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chủ nợ liên tục thúc nợ anh ta. (The creditor continuously pressed him for debt repayment.)
  • Công ty đang bị các ngân hàng thúc nợ. (The company is being dunned by the banks.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a sense of urgency, pressure, or repeated demands, and is commonly used in financial, business, or personal lending contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Đòi nợ (v): to demand debt repayment. This is a more general term, while "thúc nợ" emphasizes urgency.
  • Họ đã đòi nợ nhiều lần nhưng không được. (They demanded repayment many times but were unsuccessful.)

Synonyms

• To dun: to make repeated and insistent demands for payment.
• To press for payment: to urge someone to settle a debt.
• To demand repayment: to ask for money back that is owed.

Related Idioms

• Thúc nợ như thúc thuế: to press for debt as urgently as one would press for tax payment. This idiom emphasizes extreme and unrelenting pressure.
  • Chủ cửa hàng mới thúc nợ tôi như thúc thuế. (The new shop owner is dunning me as urgently as if collecting taxes.)